Combination-cabinet.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

T. POLSTER.

COMBINATION CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR e 1905 PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

T. POLSTER. COMBINATION CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED srApEs PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed March 6, 1905. Serial No. 248,689.

To aZZ whom it may concern/.

Be it known that I, TOBIAS PoLsTER, acitizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Combination-Cabinets, of which the followingis a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to combination-cabinets and it consists of thenovel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a combination-cabinetembodying the prin ciples of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear ele vationof the cabinet with the back in position for use as an ironing-board.Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the cabinet in use as astep-ladder. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the cabinet with all theparts in their normal po sitions. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of thecabinet folded to be used as an ironing-board.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the posts 6 and 7 are framedtogether by the sill 8 at their lower ends and the cross-piece 9 attheir upper ends, said posts resting upon the feet 10 and 11. The sidepieces 12 and 13 extend backwardly from the posts 6 and 7, the lowerrear corners of the side pieces restin upon the floor and serving asfeet. The si e pieces 14 and 15 join with the side pieces 12 and 13 upondiagonal lines extending from the rear lower corners upwardly andforwardly. A shelf 16 is mounted between the side pieces 12 and 13 neartheir lower ends, and a second shelf 17 is mounted between thesidepieces near their centers and a top piece 18 is mounted upon theupper ends of the side pieces. A shelf 19 is mounted between the lowerends of the side pieces 14 and 15, and a shelf 20 is arranged betweenthe side pieces 14 and 15 a short distance above the shelf 19. A toppiece 21 is mounted upon the upper ends of the side pieces 14 and 15.The shelves 16 and 19 are on a level. The shelves 17 and 20 are on alevel, and the top ieces 18 and 21 are on a level, the parting linesbetween said shelves and said top pieces being in the same plane as thediagonal parting lines between the side pieces 12 and 14 and 13 and 15.The top piece 21 is connected to the top piece 18 by hinges 22 andcatches 23 connect the lower ends of the side pieces.

A board 24 connects the lower ends of the side pieces 14 and 15 andrests upon the floor. Braces 25 and 26 are secured against the rearedges of the side pieces 14 and 15 and to the board 24. A drawer 27 isarranged to slide through an opening suitably formed through the sill 8under the shelf 16. The back 28 is connected near its center to the toppiece 21 by hinges 29, so that the upper end of the back may swingforwardly and downwardly upon the top pieces 18 and 21 when it isdesired to use the back as an ironingboard. A button 30, secured to thebrace 25, engages the back to hold it in its vertical position. Variousdevices may be applied to the front upper face of back, such as thehooks 31, the clothes-bars 32, the shelf 33, and the mirror 34.

A swinging shelf is hinged to the rear edge of the shelf 19. Legs 36 arepivoted to the outer end of the shelf 35 to swing downwardly and supportthe shelf in a horizontal position, and a folding frame 37 ispivoted tothe upper ends of the legs to swing upwardly and support the back 28 ina horizontal position. The frame and legs fold up with the shelf and allswing upwardly back of the shelf 20. Hooks 38 are secured to the lowerface of the back 28, and teeth 39, carried by the frame, interlock withthe hooks to connect the parts and hold the frame in its uprightposition.

When it is desired to use the cabinet as a step-ladder, the button 30 isarranged to hold the back 28 to the brace 25, the catches 23 areloosened, and the back is tipped over for wardly to a vertical position,as shown in Fig. 3. Then the shelves 16 and 17, the top piece 21, andthe shelves 19 and 20 become the steps of the ladder.

I claim- 1. In a combination-cabinet, a body portion constructed of twoparts vertically separable on diagonally-extending lines which parts arehinged together at their upper ends,

shelves arranged in the two parts of the frame, and a back sectionhinged to the uper rear corner of the rear one of the parts "orming themain frame; substantially as specified.

2. In a combination-cabinet, arectangular body portion comprising twoparts hinged together at their upper ends, shelves hinged in the twoparts of the body portion, a In testimony whereof I have signed mydrawer arranged in the lower portion of the name to this specificationin presence of two front one of the parts, a rear section hingedsubscribing witnesses.

to the upper rear corner of the rear one of the TOBIAS POLSTER. 5 partsof the frame, and supports for the outer WVitnesses: end of the backwhenthe same is swung into a ALFRED A. EIoKs,

horizontal position substantially as specified. EDw. M. HARRINGTON.

